Cutler usually hosts his postgame news conference after coach Marc Trestman, but he arrived at the podium first Monday. It was sparsely attended because most reporters were interviewing players in the locker room.

A Bears public relations official informed reporters in the locker room that Cutler was at the podium. The announcement prompted more than a dozen reporters to hurry out of the locker room, with several even jogging to the news conference area, which is about 200 feet away.

Meanwhile, Cutler fielded three questions from the same reporter, ESPN.com’s Mike Sando, and then met silence from the room.